“It’s about marriage equality,” Collier said. “You can’t have this without polygamy.”
A polygamous man recently featured with his two wives on the reality TV show Sister Wives applied for a marriage license with his second wife Wednesday in Montana.
Nathan Collier said he was inspired by last week's Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage in seeking the license. Collier legally married his wife Victoria in 2000, and he held a religious ceremony with his wife Christine in 2007.
He and Christine never sought a marriage license to avoid facing charges. In Montana, where the trio live, polygamy is a misdemeanor offense, KRTV reported.
Clerks at first denied the couple after Collier explained he is currently married. They then held off on a decision and sent the application to an attorney, who had not yet responded.
Collier said he plans to sue if his application to make his marriage plural is denied.
"It's about marriage equality," Collier told the Associated Press. "You can't have this without polygamy."
The Collier family earlier this year appeared in an episode of TLC's reality show Sister Wives. Collier was previously Mormon, but was excommunicated for practicing polygamy.
The family is not seeking acceptance of their marriage, but rather tolerance, he said.
"We just want to add legal legitimacy to an already happy, strong, loving family," Collier told KRTV.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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